Rose was not sure how to read his face, and she wanted to cry over the anxiety she felt. Instead, she stepped closer, hugged him and pressed her cheek against his chest. Don't drop me, please, she begged him mentally, but she dared not speak the words. "I am used to hard work, and I don't complain. You'll see how much help I'll be once we're married," she said - pleaded. But she knew that she did not have Abi's charms. "Ye'd be able to put yer feet up in the evenin', and we'll do everything as you like, go to the church you like, and move where ye like and have as many children as ye like."